No. 4,704 in French
pointant
Pointant: Pointing.
In a sentence
Il montre du doigt une étoile, pointant vers le ciel.
He points to a star by indicating towards the sky.
Here, 'pointant' is used as a present participle to describe the action of pointing towards the sky.
Pointant les différences, elle a éclairé le sujet.
Pointing out the differences, she clarified the topic.
In this sentence, 'pointant' acts as a present participle showing the ongoing action of marking differences.
L'enfant, pointant son jouet préféré, a dit « Celui-là ! ».
The child, pointing to his favorite toy, said 'That one!'
Here, 'pointant' describes the child's action of indicating the toy while speaking.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “pointant” in actual French podcasts.
Find “pointant” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appFrench books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).